Housing Repairs, Maintenance and Capital Works Programme

The Royal Borough of Kingston (the 'Authority') is entering into a Term Contract for the delivery of repairs and maintenance services and planned capital investment works (together referred to as the 'Works') to various of its residential housing stock comprising approximately 6,500 properties (of which approximately 1,500 are leasehold). The Authority is entering into the Term Alliance Contract (TAC-1 2016 as amended) for an initial period of four years and six months, extendable at the Authority's sole discretion for a further five years to a maximum term of ten years, plus a 12 month latent defect period. The Works will awarded in Orders for each Financial Year within the Authority’s available budgets. The annual value of the Works are expected to be approximately £16.3m based on historic spend levels but they will be subject to change based on the outcome of future stock condition surveys, available funding, and the Authority’s strategic investment decisions.

The Works include the following workstreams:

i) A 24/7 365 day to day responsive repairs and maintenance service including electrical repairs and void (empty) property repairs and refurbishment.

ii) A 3 star gas servicing and repairs service for domestic and communal boilers.

iii) Operation and management of the Repairs Contact Centre.

iv) A programme of domestic electrical installation testing and subsequent remedial works to dwellings and communal areas.

v) Planned testing and maintenance to communal and emergency lighting installations.

vi) Repairs and maintenance to domestic stair lifts and ceiling hoists for residents with reduced mobility.

vii) Planned preventative maintenance to booster pump sets.

viii) A programme of pre-paint repairs and cyclical decorations.

viiii) A programme of planned investment works to replace key building components that have come to the end of their useful life. The programme is expected to include among other things, new kitchens, bathrooms, heating systems and electrical wiring, roofs, windows and doors, rainwater goods and measures to reduce carbon emissions from the housing stock and improve thermal efficiency. Additional information: The Authority wishes to support people who are unemployed and small medium enterprises to ensure that there is a specific capacity to deliver the Works it requires and to promote sustainability through its procurement. Therefore, as indicated in the Contract Notice, this contains community benefit clauses as allowed within Regulation 67 and 70 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.